[Uncle Vlad]

Am I the only one who finds this story's allegations totally absurd? I work in the IT industry, and the idea that a handful of people could write a program and sneak it into voting machines is just so insane, it's almost laughable. Where, for example, is the source code in the software on the machines in question?

Thoughts anyone?

[woofie]

I dont know nothing about computers but I bet its the Lizard People at work again....

[NutCrackerBoy]

... Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee investigating allegations of voter fraud in the 2004 presidential election ... -Alex Babcock

I had no idea the hallucinations had triggered a House investigation.

[Darkwolf377]

DU must be ready to explode. I can almost see the ten billion postings, all in caps: "THIS IS HUGE, PEOPLE!" "REPUBLICANS STOLE THE ELECTION FOR THE CHIMP!! AND NOW WE HAVE TRUTH!!!" "SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER, BRO!!!!!!" (the last written by a white guy of course)

[dzzrtrock]

I am surprised that it took the demoncraps this long to figure out this angle. After all, they had 17,000 lawyers with nothing better to do. I hope to HELL they prosecute this guy for one of two thing (or both) Perjury, unless he can prove his case, or a RICO comspiracy (federal felony) if he shows that he actually DID engage in these discussions and didn't step forward at the time. This is not going to pan out as anything but lies from a deepmuckrat shill. You know that no matter which way it comes out, we're going to hear for the next four years that boosh stole the election....again.

[defenderSD]

It's highly unlikely that a man like Tom Feeney would engage in this kind of brazen criminal activity. Therefore I find Curtis' allegations to be highly suspicious. His allegation that Yang Enterprises is spying on NASA sounds like the rantings of a crackpot, so at first look I'd say Curtis is probably a kook and is not a credible witness. It sounds like he's probably seeking attention and money. Instead, he may end up with a perjury indictment.

[Deetes]

The Rats have always been insane , but they really have went over board after Nov. 2.

Don't they think we would have won by more if we had a fix in ? This is just crazy insane DUmmies...

[Navy Patriot]

Thoughts anyone?

I really believe that a Pubbie Congress stryker would use the words: "We need to hide the fraud in the source code, not reveal the fraud, because it's needed to control the vote in South Florida."

And the moon is made of cheese, the Moose bit my sister and the cheese.

[swilhelm73]

I think this guy watched "The Net" a few too many times.

[26lemoncharlie]

Former computer programmer Clint Curtis made the claim Monday in sworn testimony to Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee investigating allegations of voter fraud in the 2004 presidential election involving touch-screen voting in Ohio.

This is totlally absurd!! The Dummos, grasping for straws again. These people see that their party has been exposed for the lying liars that they really are. They keep trying to invent allegations of voter fraud in Ohio, while they conduct Voter Fraud in the state of Washington!

They should be investigating their own election officers in Knig County. If I recall there was a Demcratic Strategy Pamphlet that was Published and distributed to the Democratic election committees in each state! Were they or were they not to do exactly as the Dummos are doing in Washington?

[JasonC]

Of course it is laughable. Lock him in a room and give him four hours. At the end of it, when he doesn't have the first clue how to even start writing such a program, charge him with perjury. Isn't this fun?

[carl in alaska]

"Curtis says he is also working with the FBI to investigate another claim he has made against Yang, that the company is spying on NASA. In its response, the company said that the man named by Curtis as the recipient of NASA-related information has never worked for the company.

Based on this one statement I'd give it a 80% probability that Curtis is a crackpot. Curtis may be digging himself into deep legal problems. The FBI doesn't like people telling them tall tales.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

>

Group Captain Lionel Mandrake

Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack, listen, tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you first...become...well, develop this theory?

Ripper: Well, I, uh...I...I...first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.

Mandrake: Hmm.

Ripper: Yes, a profound sense of fatigue...a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I...I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence.

Mandrake: Hmm.

Ripper: I can assure you that it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women sense my power and they seek its life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake But I do deny them my essence

[King Prout]

more gibbering madness from the Semi-Hole.

[LPM1888]

I work in the IT industry, and the idea that a handful of people could write a program and sneak it into voting machines is just so insane, it's almost laughable. Where, for example, is the source code in the software on the machines in question?

If you have access to the source code it wouldn't be that hard to do.

[El Gran Salseron]

All that has to be done is to ask this guy to produce the software either on media or the printed out source code. :-)

[dannyboy72]

As a programmer and someone who has put together teams of developers to work on larger-scale projects, you would not tell the programmers why they were creating this program. You would tell the programmer that you need to balance an equation on an inventory system that weights certain criteria differently in order to help the company maintain certain levels of inventory.

So, we need a system that will increase the amount of a purchase order by 1 for each 8 that are ordered. They will need to write this program into our existing secure software and it must be adjustable for management, but secure from others attempts to hack. Then you ask, can you do it?

You give them the source code and they go to work. Then you have to get the new source code into the system unnoticed and then test it. It obviously will not work perfectly the first time, or even the second time. So you would probably have three runs on the system. Then you have to disseminate the code changes throughout the system and install the correct update parameters to ensure that votes are increased by different margins within each county so that you do not over poll the population.

It would be a conspiracy of enormous proportions across many fields of expertise. In other words, impossible to conceal. I liken it to trying to rig he playoffs of professional baseball. Not impossible, but you would have to have all of the players in the bag. And dumb luck could sink the whole thing. Not worth it, even if Hitler was running with a D behind his name.

[goldstategop]

The DU moonbats are well - you know, its no longer trying to overturn this election... its setting up an impeachment case against the President. As for the allegations, they strike me as ridiculous. If the VRWC was involved in altering the vote totals in Floriduh, its a well kept secret! Actually this overlooks the fact the election canvassing boards in Democratic counties were run by Democrats. They recounted and recounted the votes for Algore and despite their best efforts, he still couldn't win! The sore losers just don't want to face up to the fact they lost and its time to move on. I don't really understand all this Bush hatred - its getting these people nowhere.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I just thank our lucky stars that the Democrats are looking at this silly angle and not at the mind control rays we're all using on them. Oops. I wasn't supposed to mention that on an open forum.

[Cold Heat]

This is what it is, a bogus complait that is likely funded by some dim wit dem.

Great fodder for DU and Maxine Waters.

[Rockingham]

This story is an utter crock, a lie by a disgruntled employee meant to get publicity and extract a settlement from or do harm to a former employer. In addition to the implausibility of the claim, I know Tom Feeney to be smart, honest, and careful. I have know him personally since he first ran for office, and I did extensive work on that campaign and on two of his later campaigns. Tom simply would not be involved in that kind of thing and would recoil from the suggestion.